Case Studies and Stories
Duke Energy Takes Advantage of IIoT for Predictive Maintenance Applications
This case study investigates Duke Energy’s quest to replace its monthly, manual data collection practices with daily, remote data collection and monitoring.
- Alex West
- IHS Markit
Two Minute Tips
Equipment Failure Pattern Distribution from 3 Studies
If you understand equipment failure patterns and how assets fail, then you can start to develop a strategy. Failure curves can show us...
- Martin Robinson
- IRISS Inc.
Two Minute Tips
Go Digital With Your CMMS – How Digitization Can Help Sustainability
Sustainability and reducing our carbon footprint have been global priorities for years. When it comes to change, the limelight has unfortunately been focused on asset-intensive industries such as oil and gas. While the goal may be reducing emissions associated with operations, there are places where you can go green, and save money in the process...
- Sophie Strobel
- HubHead Corp.
Two Minute Tips
Understanding the Lubrication Challenges of Aging Assets
Industrial assets can begin to break down after a few years of use if not lubricated properly. Assets maintained with a static condition monitoring program last longer, but still cannot reach the lifespans of equipment monitored with cutting-edge technologies and best practices…
- Adrian Messer
- Progressive Reliability, LLC
Five Minute Facts
You Can See It, but Can You Measure It?
Just because you can see an anomaly does not mean you can radio-metrically measure it using an infrared camera. The concept of spatial and measurement resolution is one of several reasons and will be briefly described in this 5-minute fact...
- Roy Huff
- The Snell Group
Case Studies and Stories
B3 Electric Improves Safety, Builds Reputation, Saves Time
An electric service provider benefited from including condition-based maintenance principles, tools, and software into their maintenance program. Learn more by reading the two-minute tip today...
- Gregory Perry
- Fluke Corporation
Two Minute Tips
Three Into One: Triaxial Vibration Monitoring
This quick tip helps explain why triaxial accelerometers are a useful solution in vibration monitoring where multi-axis vibration measurement is required...
- Chris Hansford
- Hansford Sensors
Five Minute Facts
How Ultrasound Technology Was Used To Locate Low-Level Leaks in Heat Exchangers
Ultrasonic leak detection has been used for a variety of applications ranging from energy reduction by locating compressed air leaks to quality assurance inspections, such as locating wind noise and water leaks in automobiles...
- Adrian Messer
- Progressive Reliability, LLC
10 Minute Talk
Transmission Measurements and Selective Radiance
Emissivity, reflections, and transmission rates for IR windows can cause confusion and frustration without the proper knowledge, experience, training, and skills. This quick tip will simplify the very complex subject of IR window transmissions…
- Rudy Wodrich
- IRISS
